1162 Visit io Melum and the Oonta [No. 132. 



season at Saeen, and the Pudhan,* (an old man,) is a regular Jew in all 

 his dealings, even endeavouring to find out what will be offered for an 

 article before he himself will fix any price, even to the smallest trifles. 

 lh. 45m. p. m. ther. in open air 50° 5'. moist ther. 43° 5', since 12 a. m. 

 it has gradually become cloudy and windy, and is now raining, but not 

 heavily. The grains, &c. grown here are ooah jhow, phapher,f tur- 

 nips, surson.J 



22d September, — Fine day, but snow falling on the highest peaks. 

 Marched at 1 p. m., the road partly level along the side of the moun- 

 tain ; numerous slips, and some parts precipitous and dangerous. 

 The rock between Tola and Boonper has a much less slaty structure 

 than that near the former village, but continues very metalliferous to 

 within about a mile of Boonfer ; some of the specimens picked up con- 

 tain rather large crystals of copper (?) very well defined, but rather 

 scattered through the rock. The general character of the rock is 

 Specimens (I think) graywacke, some very hard, and specimens 

 51 10 75, broken off with much difficulty. A good deal of 

 quartz was also observed along the road, &c. No. 67 is chiefly 

 composed of felspar. Some specimens procured in this march have 

 attached to them some well defined crystals of quartz, &c. The sides 

 of the mountains, whence all the rocks from which the specimens were 

 procured, have a very shattered appearance. There can be little doubt 

 of their containing some large deposits of ore, which might be discover- 

 ed, I should think, without much difficulty. On the road about half 

 way, found a large deposit of decomposed felspar, some veins of it 

 beautifully white. 



Plants Collected. 



Two species of juniper, one in seed, the other just coming into 

 flower. A shrub very like the sweet-briar, but with no smell. A 

 small herbaceous plant differing in appearance, but with the same scent 

 as the plant well known by the name of "old man," or southernwood. 

 The gooseberry, just ripe. The currant, (no fruit.) 



* Head of the village, Malgoogar — Lumberdar.— J. H. B. 

 f A species of Polygonum. — J. H. B. 

 % Sinapis dichotoma— J. H. B. 



